Topsails

Topsails would be a nuisance and a danger for a crew of two, so I heaved the topmasts on deck and lashed them fast.

Chapter 38 2010

Topsails high, laddie-o topsails high, laddie-ay topsails high, laddie-o

Dillan Bay 1977

Topsails sheeted home, anchor broken out, Hotspur glided slowly down the bay again before the first gentle puffs of the nightly land breeze, with Hornblower narrowly watching the pilot.

Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962

_Topsails_ are long and square, of the second degree in magnitude in all great ships.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 285, December 1, 1827 Various

Topsails were hoisted out from below and gantlines bent.

Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"

Double reefed the Topsails, reefed the courses and furled the mainsail.

Java Head Joseph Hergesheimer 1917

Topsails would be a nuisance and a danger for a crew of two, so I heaved the topmasts on deck and lashed them fast.

Chapter 38 1904

Topsails were furled, and the wind had ripped the other {35} sails to tatters, that flared and beat dismally all night against the cordage.

Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward 1903

Topsails were dipped, psalms of thanks chanted, and prayers held as the ships came out on the west side into the Pacific on the 6th of September.

Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward 1903

Topsails would be a nuisance and a danger for a crew of two, so I heaved the topmasts on deck and lashed them fast.

The Sea Wolf Jack London 1896